Combined twine holder and advertising device



B. W. SMITH.

COMBINED TWINE HOLDER AND ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. I0, I92I.

Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

16 2 INVENTQR.

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BURIDSEY w. SMITH, or oa vmacirmsim.

commimn rwmn HOLDER AND x v msme DEvIo T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BURDSEY W. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residin at Oroville, county of Butte, State of alifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined-Twine Holders and Advertising Devices; and'I do declare thefollowing tobe a-full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,'and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This'invention relates to improvements 111 accessories or equipment for retail stores of all kinds, and particularly to a combined twine holder and advertising device of the general character of-that shown in my copendingfla'pplication for Patent Serial No. 389,232, filed June 15th, 1920, and allowed September 18th,,192'0, e

The principal object of the present invention is to both simplify the construction of the device of the character set forth over that shownjand described in the above mentioned application, and to embody certain features which make it more adaptable to be used as a portableyobject than the previous type, so that it may be moved along the store counter at will as the space available and the positions of the salesmen or clerks may demand. 7

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Fig. 1 is a perspective elevation of my im roved device. 7

1*ig. 2'is a fragmentary cross section of the base portion.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes a substantial and solid base, preferably circular in outline and of pleasing appearance, from the edge of which a vertical and rigid arm or upright 2 projects.

Horizontal arms 3 and 4 extend fromthe top and bottom of the member 2 respectively in a plane radial with the axis of the base and somewhat beyond said axis.

' Specification of Lettersfatenth 21 I V Application filed January 10, 1921. SeriaI 1T0. 436,688.?

Positioned betweefl the arms 3 and 4 is an open-topped twine-cone container 5, pref'-' erably-cylindrical in shape. Depending'from the under s de of the container and passing across the axial plane thereof is a U-shaped bracket 6 adapted tore ceive a -bol "or pin? therethrough, which is also journaled in and g passes throughthe bottom of the. container,

having fixed on its upper end a fork 8 adapted to pro ect into the core" or a twine-cone 9 to hold the' latter in a vertical position and against rotation,'there being a locknut 10/ between thefork 8 and the container-bottom. The pm 7 passes through the arm 4', and is (held both in vertical fa'linement and against rotation by means of locknuts'lland 12 thereonabove and below 1the'arm 4: reg

spectively and impinging thereagainst, the

bracket6 restingon the nut 11." In this manner, the freedom of rotative movement of the container may be varied-,s'ince by ad ust1ng the nuts 11 and 12 the pin 7 may be ralsed or'lowered to alter the distance between the nuts 10" and 11, and so decrease or increase the- "frictional pressure of the container and bracketwith the respective adjacent nuts.

The lower portion of the nut 11 is formed from-the cone 9 isled through the hole in the inner ear of the arm 18, thence through the outer ear, thence through one of the I ,1

holes 16 in the arm 15, around the sheave 17,

and through the other hole 16 to a free end adapted to be pulled the clerkwrapping a package. Thus it will be seen that while the cone 9 remains stationary, the cylinder '5 rotates when the string is pulled, the

rapidity of rotation depending on the speed with which the .twine is pulled, and also on the tightness of bearing of thecylinder.

The cylinder is preferably of a shape and size to duplicate or imitate that of any standard goods-container whichit may be desired to advertise, the cylinder havin'g thereon a facsimile label of goods it represents, so that with therot'ation of the cylinder as described, the attention of a customer in the store is'attract'ed thereto.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in cletail. the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as 7 do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the character described comprising a base, an open-topped cylinder thereabove, a pin fixed in the base and proj'ecting upwardly through the cylinder to 'form' a turning axis therefor, twine-cone holding means on the pin inside the cylinder, and means for supporting the cylinder from the base irrespective of the pin andforming an additional axial bearing for said cylinder.

2. A "device of the character described comprising a "base adapted to rest on a counter or the like, a cylinder thereabove inder and bracket being turnable on the pin, and means for regulating the frictional engagement of the fixedrelative to the rotat-able members.

4:. A device of the character described comprising a base adapted to rest on .a counter or the like, a cylinder thereabove, a fixed pin projecting up from the base and through the bottom of the cylinder, and a common means for holding the cylinder in raised position relative to the base and'for regulating the frictional engagement of the fixed relative to the rotatable members.

5 A device or": the character described comprising abase adapted to rest on a counter or the like, a cylinder thereabove, a fixed pin projecting up from the base and through the bottom of the cylinder, 2. fixed nut on the pin inside the cylinder, a bracket depending from-- the cylinder and in which the pin is journaled, the cylinder and bracket being turnable on the pin, and an adjustment nut on the pin under the bracket, the latter resting thereon.

In testimony whereof I aflix my si nature.

. BURDSEY W. S TH. 

